Wash boiler percolator



Nov. 1,0 1925., 1,560,970

` c. M. BROWN r d WASH BOILER PEncoLA'roa #ned June 29,'1925 INVEN IDRATTORNEY WITNESS:

Patented Nov. 10, 1925.

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application ,ined annees, 1925. `serial No. 40,378.

To all fu/tem t may concern:

Be it known that I, GLYDnM. .Beowmra citizen of vthe United States,.residino'at Sedalia, rin theicounty of Pett-is and tate .of 'Missournhave invented ,new and nsefulflmprovenients .in `Wash Boiler.Peicolators, of which the following is a specification. y

My "present kinvention has reference to an automatic clothes washingdevice.

In carrying out my invention it is my purpose to produce a means whichis arranged in a boiler with clothes to be washed, the said meansincluding a hollow base having openings for the passage of waterthereinto and provided with spaced upstanding pipes communicating ofcourse, with the base but having their outer ends closed, said pipesbeing provided at determined intervals with hollow peripheral flanges,substantially V shaped in cross section, and perforated, and wherebyboiling water and steam passing from the base into the pipes will bedirected through the apertures thereof in three sepa rate directions,that is, at outward angles through the apertures in the pipes proper andin upward and downward diagonal directions through the apertures in theflanged enlargements, so that a continuous circulation of hot water willbe eected in the boiler to act on the clothes therein and to remove thedirt from the clothes.

To the attainment of the foregoing reference is to be had to thedrawings which accompany and form part of this application.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation through an arrangement ofmy improvement in a boiler, parts being in section.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the improvement.

In Figure 1 of the drawings, I have illustrated a wash boiler 1 of theusual construction provided with the ordinary cover 2.

In carrying out my invention I arrange in the bottom of the boiler 1 ahollow base member 3. The base has its end and side flanges, from theouter edge thereof, notched, as at 4, to provide water inlets to thebase. Preferably each of the sides is formed with two spaced notches,and each end, which is round, with one notch.

The base has its top, at suitable points from the ends thereof, providedwith spaced openings. These openings are surrounded by sleeves 4 whichenter the said openings .'and'havc their .lower edges hanged .out-

wardly,1as at .5, to contact -with the "inner 'face of `the base f3.Thesleeves from their outer ends are .rounded downwardly and outwardly,as at 6,andthe edge ,of this portion ,of each offfthesleeves, is jin.contact with Lthe vouter [face .o'f .thetqp of the'base. 4By such.constructionlthe .sleevesgmay be .easily attachedto the base andpresent no sharp or abrupt surfaces. In this connection it should bestated that the lower edge of the hollow base is beaded and that thesides thereof are inclined toward the top 3 and the edges between thesides and top are rounded.

Designed to be received in each of the sleeves 3 there is the lower andnon-perforated end of a pipe member 7. Of course, the sleeves 4: are notnecessarily round in cross section and likewise the pipes 7 may be of across sectional contour to correspond with that of the sleeve. Each ofthe pipe members is formed with an outstanding bulged portion or fiange8 to contact with the outer edge of the sleeve t, and thereby limit themovement of the pipe member inwardly through the sleeve. The outer endof each of t-he pipes 7 is closed, and the said pipes throughout thelength thereof, are provided with angularly spaced series of apertures9. Also at determined spaced intervals through the length thereof thesaid pipes 7 are formed with outwardly bulged portions defining oppositeangle walls 10 and 11, respectively. Thus thewalls provided by thebulged portions are substantially V-shaped in section. VThe angle faces1() and 11 are apertured, as at 12 and 13, respectively. Also the pointsor apeXes of the said bulged portions are apertured, as at 14.

The operation of the improvement will, it is thought, be perfectlyapparent to those skilled `in the art to which such invention relates.The improvement .is placed in the boiler as are the clothes, andsaponaceous fiuid for washing clothes. After the fluid becomes heated toa boiling point the same will be directed from the hollow base throughthe pipe members 7. This heated fiuid will find outlets through theapertures 9 and 14. Also the heated fluid and steam will find oppositediagonal outlets through the apertures 10 and 11. Thus the fluid intheboiler is continuously circulated but is initially forced against theclothes therein in three separate and distinct directions. The result isthat the clothes are automatically washed in an expeditious manner.

I am aware that devices for accomplishing my purpose have been alreadyproduced and therefore make no broad claims to such construction.

The combination with a boiler having clothes therein to be washed and afluid for washing 'said clothes also therein, of a means for circulatingthe fluid around the clothes in all directions for cleaning saidclothes, said means comprising a hollow base resting on the bottom ofthe boiler and having notches providing iuid inlets therethrough, thetop of the base having openings theredescribed the invention, I

through, a sleeve received in each of the openings having its lower endlanged out- Wardly to contact with the inner face of the top of thebase, the outer edge of each sleeve being rounded downwardly andoutwardly for contacting engagement with the top of the base, aperforated pipe having an outer closed end received in each of thesleeves, each of said pipes having an outstanding flange to rest on thesleeve and each of said pipes having spaced outwardly bulged portionsdeiining walls which are arranged at opposite angles to each other, andwhich walls are perforated, as are the apeXes oit said bulged portions.

In testimony whereof I aiix my signature.

CLYDE M. .BROIVN

